by OakAdmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Comfort and Grief, End Times, Heaven, History, Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, Theology
As we navigate social limits from the coronavirus and many other challenges, it’s important to keep a big picture view of what God is doing in history and in the world. The key points to keep in mind are: 1) the gospel is advancing to the ends of the earth....
by OakAdmin | Mar 17, 2020 | Church News, Discipline, Ministries, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Rotator Graphic for af.mil. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario “Charo” Gutierrez) This article from Christianity Today is very helpful in explaining why early response is critical to contain a virus like COVID-19. Excerpts here:...
by OakAdmin | Mar 14, 2020 | Global Missions, History, Ministries, Pain and Suffering
History proves that crises provide opportunities for Christians to demonstrate what makes our worldview different. This article from the Gospel Coalition provides a helpful summary of ways the early church stepped up in the plagues of the third and fourth centuries...
by OakAdmin | Mar 5, 2020 | Church News, Comfort and Grief, Elders, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Theology
Most of you have heard of a new coronavirus that originated in China and has had several small scale outbreaks elsewhere in the world. Media reports on the topic have ranged in tone from panic to calm reassurance.While there is certainly cause for concern, there are...
by OakAdmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Church News, Discipline, Experiencing God, Message Series, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
To make the most of our sermon series and discussion focus in our Community Groups we are encouraging everyone at Oakwood to use the Experiencing God Workbook. There are five lessons each week during this twelve week study. Download the overview and schedule here: PDF...
by OakAdmin | Jan 8, 2020 | Experiencing God, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
As we start the Experiencing God Bible Study I’ve been looking for ways to communicate both freedom and discipline. There is an unavoidable tension between the freedom we have in Christ and the holiness God’s Law demands of us. Both are absolute. The...
by OakAdmin | Dec 8, 2019 | Assurance of Salvation, End Times, Heaven, Message Series, Open the Bible, Theology, Upcoming Events
It is not for us to know “the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority” (Acts 1:7). For the world, “the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night… But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like...
by OakAdmin | Nov 16, 2019 | Assurance of Salvation, Comfort and Grief, Famous Writers, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel
John Bunyan is rightly famous for writing The Pilgrim’s Progress while in prison for preaching the gospel. This allegory of Pilgrim’s journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City recount’s Bunyan’s experience. At first, like...
by OakAdmin | Oct 26, 2019 | Global Missions, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, Video Messages
When Isaiah the prophet had an encounter with God, he presented himself saying, “Here am I. Send me.” When Saul the pharisee had an encounter with Jesus, he was transformed into a zealous missionary (and renamed Paul). The Christ-follower who healed Saul...
by OakAdmin | Sep 26, 2019 | Darin's Blog, Open the Bible, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, Theology, Video Messages
“Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves...
